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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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George Smith Patton
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There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.
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An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.
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There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.
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Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.
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Remember praise is more valuable than blame.
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Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
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If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.
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I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
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Always do everything you ask of those you command.
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Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
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Always do more than is required of you.
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Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
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I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.
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